André Leopold Adiel Vermeulen (born 25 October 1955 in

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journalist and television personality for VRT. Between 1991 and 2013, Vermeulen following Luc Appermont had been the Flemish commentator for the Eurovision Song Contest. Due to unknown reasons in 1996, Vermeulen was unable to commentate on the 1996 Contest with

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and Johan Verstreken filling in, however returning to commentate on the 1997 Contest, since the 1998 Contest Vermeulen has co-commentated the event with other television presenters including

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. Vermeulen had also commentated for VRT viewers at the 2005 Junior Eurovision Song Contest.Adriaens, Manu & Loeckx-Van Cauwenberge, Joken. Blijven kijken!. Lannoo, Belgium. 2003 Vermeulen commentated for the final time at the 2013 Contest, he did not return to commentate in

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with MNM presenters

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and Eva Daeleman taking over. However he continues to cover the contest for Het Journaal and the EurosongBe, The Belgian Eurovision website. Currently he is a reporter on '' Het Journaal'' in which he reports on current affairs,

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. He speaks Dutch, French, English, Spanish and Italian.

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